When the 3 original Wailing Wailers split up in 1974, Bob, Peter and Bunny started solo careers. Bunny had created 2 labels in 1972: Solomonic and Intel Diplo (that stands for Intelligent Diplomat). Peter chose Intel Diplo, leaving Solomonic for Bunny. Bob kept the Tuff Gong label. After 1974, all the records released on those labels were solo efforts and everyone thought the original Wailers had split up for real. That was the case officially, but it is little known that Bob, Peter and Bunny would record and play together again like in the old days. There has never been a real separation, Wailers can't die!
For instance, in 1974 they played 2 shows in Kingston, featuring Wailers tracks as well as solo tracks. And in 1975, a one-off event took place. Bob, Peter and Bunny decided to perform together again. This unique concert, known as the Wailers reunion show, was the last chance to see the three of them play together onstage. It was split in 4 short sets: the first one was dedicated to original Wailers material (Rastaman chant, Nice time, Simmer down, One love). This first set was followed by 3 solo sets: Bunny played Dreamland and Battering down sentence, Peter then played Mark of the beast, Legalize it and You can't blame the youth. The final set was Bob's: So Jah seh, No woman no cry and Jah live were played. But this does not end here. In 1978, when Bob played in Burbank, CA, Peter was backstage. As Bob started to sing the Wailers' classic Get up stand up, Peter joined him onstage to sing his part of the song, just like on "Burning" in the good old days. Finally, in December 1982, Bunny played his first solo show at the Youth Consciousness Festival in Kingston. Peter and Bunny (with Judy Mowatt and Jimi Cliff) performed No woman no cry together.
It is interesting to note that after "Burning", the last official Wailers album, Bob and Peter appeared on "Blackheart man", Bunny's first solo album. Bob and Bunny also appeared on "Legalize it", this time Peter's first solo album. Also, both album were recorded with the Wailers band, with whom Bob would continue to play until he passed away. Bunny and Peter collaborated again on several other occasions. They would see each other very often in Jamaica, Bob being away for long periods when he was intensively touring. For instance, it was Peter who supplied the melodica track on Anti Apartheid, an instrumental version of Armagedion that Bunny released on his Solomonic label in 1977. And it was Bunny who supplied that scary scream at the begining of Vampire, that Peter released on Intel Diplo in 1977. While he was touring in the USA in 1980, Bob was interviewed by Anita Walters at the Essex House hotel in New York. Here is an interesting excerpt of the interview:

AW: Who is your favorite reggae singer?
BM: My favorite reggae singer is Bunny Wailer. He's the only singer who sing things all the while. All the rest of them people are pure jokers. Yeah! Well, them a joker. Bunny Wailer is the only many you can take up him song and realize that he's dealing with something all the while. Most people skank it out.
AW: Do you ever play together with Bunny?
BM: Long time no play together.
AW: He's still making good music.
BM: Yeah.
As Bunny would say: "Wailers is a family thing". It is literally true, there are even family relationships between each member of the original trio. And they can't die. Bunny is the one who preserves the spirit and music of the original Wailers. It all started in 1981 when he released his album "Bunny Wailer sings the Wailers", an album of recuts of Wailers tracks recorded originally in the 60's. A few years later, it was Bunny who initiated the "Never Ending Wailers" project: the concept was to involve the remaining members of the original Wailers to rework on old Wailers songs and create a new Wailers album, using overdubs to give it a modern feel. Bunny and Peter found themselves in a recording studio working together again, probably the last time they worked together until Peter passed away.

Thanks to Bunny, the Wailers live on. They are still there. Everytime Bunny is on tour, a part of the show is dedicated to Bob and Peter, as a tribute to them (check Legalize it and Crazy baldheads played at Red Rocks in 2000). Bunny even played with the sons of Bob (Kymani, Ziggy,...) and Peter (Andrew), as it was the case recently.